The Golden Hairpin

I don't know how long it took, but when she turned her head, she saw Li Shubai looking at her through the window. I don't know how long he has been standing in front of the window. Seeing her turning around, he slightly raised his chin to signal her to come in.

Huang Zixian hurriedly closed the fan and entered Jingyutang.

The room is quiet, and the fragrance of tea has dissipated. Jing You ignited the scent of icy crumbs, which made people feel the cold in the small window.

Li Shubai gestured to the opposite chair, and Huang Zixia sat down. The two saw that Jingyou had left the hospital through the window, and Huang Zixian said straightforwardly: "It seems that the case must be understood within three days, otherwise, once the remains are buried in Beijing, a large amount of evidence will be missing."

Li Shubai nodded slowly and said: "You first let go and check, if it doesn't work, hand it to me at that time, you can't let the body be buried anyway."

Huang Zixia responded, and then said: "Chen Niuniang came to me in the morning. I think if nothing happens, the case should be solved within three days and there should be no problem."

Li Shubai said "Oh", and his eyes narrowed seemingly when he looked at her: "Really? What did Chen Niang say today that it is going so fast?"

"The first point, I suspect that body..." She habitually raised her hand again to touch the hairpin on her head. Li Shubai looked across from her, and saw her hand resting on the sideburn and slowly put it down. Looks helpless.

The corners of his lips were curved a little invisibly, and he took out a slender brocade box from the drawer and placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of her with two fingers.

Huang Zixian looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What is it?"

"Look at it," he said.

"Is it related to this case?" She brought it over and asked.

Li Shubai turned his head to look at the little red fish that was swimming quietly in the glass cup on the table, and said in a very impatient and nonchalant tone: "Forget it, in order to make it easier for you to solve the case."

Huang Zixian opened the brocade box and saw a hairpin lying on the lining of the silk brocade. She picked it up suspiciously. The hairpin was about five inches long. The hairpin underneath was silver, and the front was a jade-carved macaroni pattern. Apart from the beautiful and delicate pattern, there was nothing unusual. It was very suitable for her. Used by a royal eunuch.

But as soon as the hairpin started, she felt the weight was out of proportion, and after a closer look, she immediately discovered the key. She pressed the bottom leaf of the macaroni, and only heard a slight click, the silver hairpin on the outside fell off, and a thinner white hosta was drawn out from the inside. It was cold and warm, with a restrained brilliance.

She raised her eyes to look at Li Shubai, hesitated for a long time, and then asked, "Is it...give it to me?"

Li Shubai gave a hum, still not looking at her, his tone was calm and indifferent: "It is annoying to always touch the hairpin, but dare not pull it when it is touched. Moreover, if your hair falls off, it is easy to be found to be a woman. It's not easy to deal with later."

Huang Zixia didn't seem to hear his cold words, and didn't care if he said that he bored herself. She put away the box, looked at the person in front of her, and said sincerely and solemnly: "Thank you, Lord, this is what I need most now."

When he saw that she was about to put the box away, he said, "I don't know if the craftsman understands what I mean, and whether it is convenient for you to use it daily."

"I just tried it. It's very convenient. The craftsman did a great job."

Seeing her look dazed, he could only remind her blankly: "How do you know if you haven't tried it?"

"Oh..." It suddenly dawned on her that she didn't like wearing a gauze crown anyway, and now her hair is all done with a bun, so she directly presses her hair and inserts the hairpin that Li Shubai gave first. Pulling out the original one inside, the hairstyle is not messy at all.

She raised her hand to pinch the hairpin again, slid her fingers along the macaroni pattern, and squeezed and pressed the curl. The hosta inside was pulled out, and the silver hairpin on the outside was still there, which did not damage her hair style.

"It's easy to use, it's not bad." Huang Zi Xia praised, then raised his hands and fumbled to the opening of the silver hairpin, then inserted the hosta into it, and locked it with a slight click.

Huang Zixia likes it very much, no matter if his hands are raised, the sleeves are down, and all the bright wrists are exposed. She only strokes the hairpin on her head and smiles at Li Shubai: "Thank you, Lord! I will be able to calculate the case anytime and anywhere in the future. "

"It's better to get rid of your bad habit," he said.

Huang Zixian ignored it, and pulled out the hosta in the middle, saying: "According to what Chen Nianniang said, I think there are two crucial points in this case."

"Really?" Li Shubai poured a cup of tea for her and pushed it in front of her.

Huang Zixia was worried about the case in his heart, and didn't pay attention. He took it and drank it in one sip, then placed the hairpin on the table, fixedly looking at him, and said, "The female corpse that appeared in the Yongchun Palace is not Wang Ruo."

"Well, you already mentioned the doubt last time."

"But this time I'm convinced - the dead person should be Jinnu, and the prince should have seen the girl of Jiaofang Pipa who had a close relationship with King Zhao!"

"Already determined?"

"Basically, it is certain. I have never understood the abnormality of the female corpse's right hand-why there is a thin cocoon on the palm under the little finger, and what is it that will often be worn there-now I want to come, That was when the pipa pick was used, and the tail was stuck on the edge of the palm below the little finger. Over the years, the skin there was often rubbed, leaving a thin calluse."

"Although it makes sense, there are so many pipa girls in the world, how can you be sure that they are Jin Nu?"

"Just because Jinnu is missing now, and when she disappeared, it was the time when the female corpse appeared in the Yongchun Palace."

Li Shubai nodded slightly: "Is there any more indisputable evidence?"

"Yes." The hairpin in Huang Zixia's hand drew an arrow on the paper, and wrote "Chongren Fang" over there: "On the night when Jinnu disappeared, Zhou Ziqin packed the food that he brought from Zhujinlou. Several beggars were poisoned."

Zhou Ziqin came here specifically for this, and Li Shubai naturally remembered it fresh. He nodded slightly: "That time, I remember you said that Jinnu was also there."

"Yes, the food that Zhou Ziqin and I sent to the beggars that time was left over from us. No one on the table had any trouble. We also sent it directly to the beggars and saw them directly. I picked it up and ate it. There were only two possibilities during this period. One was that there was a problem with the lotus leaves of our food. But Zhou Ziqin said that the sap of poison arrowwood is extremely toxic, and the leaves will turn black if they touch it. At that time, all the lotus leaves were freshly washed, and they were all green and tender. It is impossible to be poisoned."

Li Shubai nodded and said, "The other possibility is that your hands were poisonous at that time."

"Yes, there were three people who dealt with it at that time. I didn't have an accident. Zhou Ziqin was also safe and sound, and the only possibility is that the poison at the time came from Jinnu's hands." Huang Zixia sighed, "She is round and exquisite. On that day, she complained that her hand was stabbed by the stalk of the cherry—in fact, it should be that she had been in contact with the poisonous arrowwood sap, and the toxicity had occurred, and her hands had already felt numb and itchy. Otherwise, even her hands No matter how well maintained and no matter how delicate the skin is, how can it be stabbed by cherry stalks?"

"Could it be that poisonous arrowwood can penetrate into the skin to poison and kill people if it is contaminated with it?"

"It is said not. So I still don’t know when Jinnu was poisoned. There is no wound on her hand, and the poison does not seem to have entered from her mouth. Besides, she has been with us that night. , But was poisoned when she was about to leave...According to the toxicity of the poisonous arrow tree seeing the blood-sealed throat, it is absolutely impossible for someone to be poisoned in front of us. So how exactly was she poisoned and when was it poisoned? I really I haven't figured it out yet."

"But at least, the body matches, the palm characteristics match, and the method of death matches. It should have been conclusive." Li Shubai nodded and put aside the question directly, then asked, "What about the second point you said?"

Huang Zixian used the hosta to draw a second arrow on the paper, pointing to the word "Xuzhou": "It is exactly what the prince had expected before. This matter may indeed be related to the two young girls you rescued in Xuzhou."

"Oh?" Li Shubai really had a surprised expression this time.

"So Chen Nianniang and I are now waiting for someone to enter Beijing. As long as she arrives, the case should be solved."

"who?"

"Cheng Xuese--that is, the girl named Cheng you saved in Xuzhou. I'm waiting for her, waiting for her to bring a painting. I think she will be the most convincing evidence in this case."

Her expression was solemn, her tone was very certain, and she was already in her chest.

Sitting in Jingyu Hall, Li Shubai slightly raised his eyes to look at Huang Zixia in front of him. The sunlight came in through the curtain and shone on her body. For a moment, her whole body was transparent and bright, and that kind of light seemed to shine through all the shameless filth and darkness in the world.

He slowly raised his head, leaned back and leaned lightly on the back of the chair, took a breath, and said, "That's good, I hope my bet on you will satisfy me."

"I will never let the prince down." After all, if the murder of his family is going to be reversed, it still falls on the person in front of him, so Huang Zixia immediately showed his loyalty.

It's a pity that Li Shubai didn't care about her loyalty, and only asked: "Next, where are you going to start?"

"Let’s look for a breakthrough from Jinnu. While it’s still early, I will first check the residence of Jinnu, a foreign teacher, to see if there are any clues."

"In what name are you going to search?"

Huang Zixian groaned slightly, and said, "Just say that I am the **** of a certain palace. My prince has important items to Jin Nu. Now come and search."

Li Shubai said coldly: "You are not allowed to take out the letter from the Kui Palace."

Huang Zixian stood up and saluted him and retired: "Don't worry, lord, as long as I say that it is a certain palace, everyone will default to it as King Zhao."

"Huh." Li Shubai saw that she had quit, and asked again, "No need for dinner?"

"No, I will delay it for a while. It is estimated that there will be a curfew when I return." She said, thinking about it and turning around, and said, "In order not to use the letter from the mansion, I apply for a certain amount of money for the case plus 20 liters."

Li Shubai was surprised: "What are those twenty essays for?"

"I want to hire a car when I return to the palace at night."

Li Shubai looked at her with a complicated expression: "Why are you so poor?"

"Because in the end, **** Yang Chonggu followed you with no money and poverty." She said without shame.

"Why don't you ask Jing Yu to advance to the accountant?"

"When the approval is approved, it will take about next month. By then, my salary will be paid, and I will not be able to quench my thirst!"

Li Shubai raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally showed helplessness and depression on the face that never changed. He opened the drawer, took out a purse and threw it to her.

"Thank you, Lord!" Huang Zixia caught it, turned and ran.